Dial "Down Under" Acquired by Historical Museum

Published on Monday, 05 December 2011 11:43 | | Hits: 6324

[photo credit: Port Macquarie Historical Society]

[photo credit: Port Macquarie Historical Society]

The words “sundial” and “convict” are not often used in the same context, but that is the situation in Port Macquarie, Australia when a vintage sundial made around 1840 was put on permanent display at the Port Macquarie Historical Museum. The dial was made by colonial engraver Raphael Clint and was once owned by Danial Cohen, who, convicted in 1830 of receiving stolen property in Lancaster, was sent to Port Macquarie, a penal colony at the time.